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NtotheE
10-10-2005, 05:55 AM
Are these planes any good? I want a rtf because it is the easy way for me. How do they fly? Can it hover and pull out with ease? it it worth $275 canadian?


Thanks David D
Scratch
10-11-2005, 10:34 PM
See my thread on this plane in this forum. It's a great little plane. Plenty of power with the stock NiMh - hovers at half throttle and pulls out no problem. Everything is great except the servos - the servos are absolute crap. My rudder and elevator servos both stripped on the 6th flight. I managed to get it down with only cracking up the cowl. I have to send it back to HZ for warranty work, so I'm out of a plane for the rest of the season. Oh well. Live and learn. I really wish they would have beefed up the servos for this plane, it could certainly use it.
NtotheE
10-12-2005, 03:40 AM
Ya i checked out yer post. Well i think if i end up getting the $$$ i will buy one. I might want to sell my pocket bike. Hard to sell something that i love. O well. Oh ya thanks scratch. When i crash it can i get a new plane?
brewer
10-31-2005, 05:10 AM
I have to agree. the servos are weak. also burned my speed controller. replaced with e flight controller. i crash alot . yippeeee just plane crazy.
brewer
11-03-2005, 06:25 PM
I finally tired of regearing my servos on the typhoon. putting a shorter arm on the servo has solved this problem so far. it does cut back on how much throw you have on elevator and rudder. This is all experimental triail and crash. cant wait to fly this eve. brewer
redgiki
03-10-2006, 10:21 PM
My rudder and elevator servos both stripped on the 6th flight.
Just FYI, on the newer releases of the Typhoon (I just bought one yesterday), they include two spare gear sets for the servos. Guess they heard what people had to say! Would be better to have servos that don't strip, but what do you do?
L0stS0ul
03-11-2006, 07:04 PM
I have to send it back to HZ for warranty work, so I'm out of a plane for the rest of the season.

Which season? I've sent stuff back to horizon for warrenty work several times and the turnaround is usually about a week. The faster I send it to them the faster it gets to me. Plus if you nag them they will even pay for shipping.